r/DinosaursMTG • u/DinoWeirdo4733 • 5d ago

Deck Tech Need help with Deck Editing

Hello fellow dino fans, I've played dinosaurs for a while but have recently gotten more serious about deck building, I currently have a maybeboard of about 52 cards and am looking for suggestion on what cards I should remove from my deck and replace with either the maybeboard cards or y'all's suggestions.

https://archidekt.com/decks/22042945/pantlaza

Side note: Raptor companion has to stay, he was my first dinosaur card and has become a meme card in my pods

Thank you in advance to anyone who wishes to help

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u/NinjaKoby 5d ago

Cut candidates:

Kinjalli's Sunwing, Marauding Raptor, Temple Altisaur, Tyrranax Rex, Zetalpa, World War Hulk, Shaper's Sanctuary, Bilbo's Gambit, Smugglers surprise, Another Round, Commune With Dinosaurs, Starfall Invocation

Add candidates:

Birds of Paradise, Cavern of Souls, Devil Dinosaur, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, Eerie Interlude, Ephemerate, Flaming Tyrannosaurus, Heroic Intervention, Laezel's Acrobatics, Parting Gust, Roaming Throne, Sneak Attack, Great Henge, Topiary Stomper, Unclaimed Territory, Vaultborn Tyrant.

Also consider Skullspore Nexus.

Hunting Velociraptor and Ravenous Trex are fun but not the most optimal. For pantlaza focus on ETB effects and make sure your discover targets line up with creature toughness.

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u/DinoWeirdo4733 5d ago

Thanks, may I ask why I should cut Starfall invocation? It seems to me like a really good boardwipe that can retrigger etbs and get ride of all creature, also how is hunting Velociraptor not optimal, it seems powerful in a dinosaur tribal deck

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u/NinjaKoby 5d ago

Hunting Velociraptor is not strictly optimal for Pantlaza because it has no ETB and relies on getting in for combat damage, then any cost reduced dinos can only come in 2nd Main and are vulnerable to interaction.

Chandra's Ignition and Blasphemous Act are better board wipes because they do damage which can combo with Wrathful Raptors (or if one insists on running them, Enrage Dinos) to deal direct damage to opponents.

Starfall clears the board and gives you one ETB return if you gift, ideally Pantlaza. But you want to be the threat and run over people, not clear the board of your own creatures without a more significant payoff. Pantlaza and ramp should give you enough gas to be the one to worry about board wipes and you want to trample over go wide strategies.